Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?
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To get on the "I'll offer my home" train, we'll be moving to a safe area of Baltimore (not The Wire area) and I'd love to have her visit us. The train/metro into DC is very doable, and Baltimore has fun things to do too. We'd enjoy showing her around. She could experience some rural Maryland life and the eastern shore if interested. Wild ponies, an ocean-front boardwalk with questionable fun rides.... Experiences like all those listed above are why we're moving our family to the area. (And to be close to my family)
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@Klaus said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
Wow, this is all very cool! Thanks, @LW !
You're welcome! If she finds herself around/in DC, I'd say if she sticks to the mall and touristy areas she'd be fine on her own during the day. At 15 I enjoyed visiting the Smithsonian museums/zoo (they're free!) and monuments with friends. We easily took the metro into DC and wandered around.
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@jon-nyc said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
If she comes in the summer she could spend several weeks with us.
If she comes to Minnesota in the summer she could spend a few days with us. Summer lasts from about June 10 to June 13.
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@Horace said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
based on our experience with foreign exchange programs, the host families generally do it for the money rather than for the opportunity to give an enriching home to a young student. I would take Ax up on his offer rather than get placed with a random host family.
Have some friends that hosted students a number of times for the whole school year. At least for them, it was completely voluntary. It ended up costing them money because it was an extra person. But the student and their family had to pay a fairly steep amount. Not sure what it was, but I think it was between USD$5 - $10 thousand. I think part of that was to the host high school as otherwise I think a person has to prove guardianship to enroll a student that is not their own.
EDIT: Checked and they went through an organization called AFS
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LOL! Just make sure that she doesnât participate in illegal protests!
And you may want to have @Aqua-Letifer givevher some advice about the spidersâŚ
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@LuFins-Dad said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
Just make sure that she doesnât participate in illegal protests!
We certainly wouldn't want any criminals in Australia.Sound advice. -
@Klaus said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
Update: The US wasn't far enough, apparently. Daughter is going to Australia this year.
Which part?
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@Aqua-Letifer said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
@Klaus said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
Update: The US wasn't far enough, apparently. Daughter is going to Australia this year.
Which part?
The part with all the deadly animals and heavy drinking.
Still, not to worry.
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âI am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.â ~Winston S. Churchill
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@Mik said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
Thatâs all of it.
Not true. Some of the bits in the middle are completely uninhabitable and would kill you in a matter of minutes.
Still, not to worry.
I was only joking
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
@Mik said in Daughter wants to spend 6 months at an American highschool - thoughts?:
Thatâs all of it.
Not true. Some of the bits in the middle are completely populated and would kill you in a matter of minutes.
FIFY.
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@Aqua-Letifer She has applied to schools in Queensland (mostly near/in Gold Coast) but since its the most popular choice it's likely that she'll have to make another choice.
